The Princess: A Medley: Home they Brought her Warrior Dead

Home they brought her warrior dead:
       She nor swoon'd nor utter'd cry:
All her maidens, watching, said,
       "She must weep or she will die."
Then they praised him, soft and low,
       Call'd him worthy to be loved,
Truest friend and noblest foe;
       Yet she neither spoke nor moved.
Stole a maiden from her place,
      Lightly to the warrior stepped,
Took the face-cloth from the face;
      Yet she neither moved nor wept.

Rose a nurse of ninety years,
      Set his child upon her knee—
Like summer tempest came her tears—
      "Sweet my child, I live for thee."